Elevated concentrations of heavy metals have been detected at the Elkhorn Slough Reserve by scientists following a recent fire at Vistra Moss Landing Power Plant and Energy Storage Facility.

Elevated concentrations of heavy metals have been detected at the Elkhorn Slough Reserve following a recent fire.

A recent study was published in the scientific journal Biological Invasions, detailing that otters at the Elkhorn Slough are keeping populations of globally invasive green crab at bay.

The name Elkhorn Slough is derived from the native tule elk that once inhabited the region. Paddling on, I wove my way through a gauntlet of slap-happy seals smacking their tails on the water’s ...

Just a short paddle up the Elkhorn Slough, kayakers can spot Hester Marsh. Degraded by decades of diking and draining, and threatened by rising sea levels, the marsh is now being lifted out of the … ...

News Environment Elkhorn Slough: Why restoring Hester Marsh is important Biologist Kerstin Wasson plunges her auger into the Phase 1 restoration site at Hester Marsh.

Founded in 1979, Elkhorn Slough offers oak forests, coastal prairie and tidal marsh for students young and old to explore.

According to one of the most comprehensive studies of our coastal estuaries and wetlands the Elkhorn Slough has lost nearly 70 percent of its original wetlands ...

On October 23, 2018, a new generation of Olympia oysters will settle into their home on the tidal mudflats of the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve. These oyster babies were raised at ...